Alexander Levintal

Alexander Borisovich Levintal was the Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast from 24 February 2015, succeeding Alexander Vinnikov.

Biography
Alexander Borisovich Levintal was born to a family of Jewish Russians in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, and he succeeded Alexander Vinnikov as governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast on 24 February 2015. Despite the fact that he was Jewish and that the oblast's purpose was to be a home for Russian Jews, only .2% of the population was Jewish.